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2012 SESSION
12101234DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 24.2-504 and 24.2-948.3 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 24.2-504. Persons entitled to have name printed on ballot.
A. Only a person fulfilling all the requirements of a candidate and of § 24.2-948.3 shall have his name printed on the ballot for the election. No person shall have his name printed on the ballot for more than one office at any one election. However, a candidate for federal or statewide office, or a candidate for an office being filled in a special election, may have his name printed on the ballot for two offices at an election.
B. Only a person who has completed all reporting and filing requirements of Chapter 9.3 (§ 24.2-945 et seq.), paid all civil penalties assesssed thereunder, and satisfied all criminal penalties imposed thereunder shall have his name printed on the ballot for the election.
§ 24.2-948.3. Compliance with reporting requirements of Campaign Finance Disclosure Act as requirement of candidacy for any office.
A. It shall be a requirement of candidacy in any election for statewide any
office or the General Assembly that
the candidate shall have filed the disclosure reports required by this chapter
for any election in which he participated as a candidate for any such office
and which was held within the five years preceding the date of the election in
which he seeks to be a candidate. For the purposes of this section, the
candidate shall be presumed to have complied with the candidate disclosure
reporting requirements unless (i) the State Board or local electoral board,
whichever is appropriate, has notified the candidate, at least 60 days prior to
the applicable deadline for him to file his written statement of qualification
set out in § 24.2-503, that he has failed to file a required report or reports
and (ii) the candidate fails to file the specified report or reports by the
applicable deadline for filing his written statement of qualification.
B. The authority of the State Board to grant an extension of the deadline established in § 24.2-503 shall include the authority to grant such extension with respect to the requirements of this section.